Student Awards
Spring 2021
It Is Yours: Spring Graduation of the Nursing Class of 2020
Back to Table of Contents UBC’s 2020 Convocation took place on June 17, online, with messages from many dignitaries including President and Vice-Chancellor of UBC Dr. Santa Ono, Chancellor Lindsay Graham, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, BC’s Minister of Advanced Education and Training Melanie Mark, and the deans of all the faculties, including our own Dean James Olson. The keynote address was delivered by Honorary Degree holder Dr. Rick Mercer, comedian and television personality. If you missed it, you can still watch the recording of UBC’s virtual celebration online. Following the…read more
Tuum Est: The Fall Convocation of Graduate Students of Nursing 2020
Back to Table of Contents Following the model initiated in the spring, the School of Nursing hosted an online Graduation Reception for graduate programs: MSN, MN-NP, MPH/MSN and PhD. The celebration took place on Wednesday, November 25, 2020, immediately prior to the official UBC Graduation Ceremony, which was also held online. We heartily congratulate all our graduates of 2020, and particularly our award recipients. 2020 Awards The following students received recognition for these awards during the fall convocation. Please CLICK for the awards presented during the spring convocation.
Students in Community
Back to Table of Contents Measles and Social Pediatrics In 1919, as plans for the School of Nursing were coming to fruition, Canada was at the height of the devastating influenza outbreak that followed the First World War. Then, in 1927, Assistant Professor Mabel Gray—who eventually took the role of director of the school—published her research in The Canadian Nurse using a recent measles outbreak at UBC “as an example of the nurse’s work in this special field.” She called her paper “The Place of the Public Health Nurse…read more
Student Leadership
Back to Table of Contents Recognition of Student Leadership
Pulse and Puppies
Back to Table of Contents Undergrad Project to Master’s Research Pulse and Puppies Kelsi Jessamine’s undergraduate “synthesis project” (in which students bring what they are learning into real-world scenarios) offered free pet care to vulnerable folk and their companions (featured on p.15 of Touchpoints Spring/Summer 2017). Her master’s research carries on with her passion to bridge the gap between marginalized communities and the health care system. For more, read our web-story researched and written by work-learn student Nicolas El Haïk-Wagner: nursing.ubc.ca/pulse-and-puppies. Update: On July 15, 2019, Kelsi received the…read more